Rage

And so, a forced quest was issued to me by the Goddess.

Well, worst case? I could just use Spatial Magic to bail before the next hero (who'd actually be the Goddess inside) goes on a rampage here, right?

Ahh, all I wanted was some toys (humans) I could do whatever I wanted with. How did it come to this?

But then again. Kidnapping's a breeze with Spatial Magic. If I can get 10,000 SP for such a simple quest, isn't that actually a pretty sweet deal?

Though this time, SP probably stands for Execution Points.

With that, the Goddess's interference ended and time started moving again.

"Um, so. Blade-senpai, where exactly is this True Chaos— whatever-his-face…?"

I had a feeling that just saying Chaos God out loud, even with 'True' attached to it, would make the Goddess come barging in with an "AAHN!?" so I kept it vague when asking senpai.

"Ah, the king should be in… the Prayer Chamber? Or something like that."

"Prayer Chamber?"

"Apparently it's some place where he offers prayers or something, I'm not really sure. The location's top secret though, so I don't know where it is."

Hmm, what a predicament. It seems the enemy has gone into hiding to escape the Goddess's pursuit.

"… Senpai, I'm about to say something pretty out there, and you might not believe me, but—this nation is on the brink of annihilation!!"

"Yeah, that's right. That's why we came here to help with reconstruction."

"No, not that! The new kingdom is in danger of being destroyed by the Goddess again, right now!"

I tried my best to explain the severity of the situation to Blade-senpai.

… Wait, now that I think about it, the Goddess never actually told me to hide my identity or anything.

"Actually, I have connections to the Goddess, and apparently 'Chaos God' is the name of the Goddess's lover. Because some old geezer went and used that name without permission, the Chaos God was killed and Alchemia was destroyed."

"Huh? What? What's that about? For real?"

"Yeah. And then through me, the Goddess found out that the king of the New Alchemia is calling himself the 'True Chaos God.' So she told me if I don't capture him alive within three days, she'll destroy this country."

I came clean to senpai about everything. Straight up. Dead honest.

"… For real?"

"Huh. You actually believe me, senpai?"

"Of course I do! I trust you, Karina! You're not the type to tell a lie like this. So that means it's for real, right!? Just to be safe, if you wanna say 'actually that was a lie' right now, I'll let it slide!? I can really believe this!?"

Whoa, what's with that absolute trust? My heart skipped a beat in spite of myself.

No, as a man, you know? Not romantically, but as a person? What the heck, senpai, you look like a thug but you're a total protagonist on the inside!

"… It's legit! Please believe me!"

"Got it! I'll get the others to cooperate right away and we'll go settle things with the True Chaos God… Ah, um, would the Goddess forgive him if he just changed his name?"

"Rage"

"No good. The Chaos God's name is the Goddess's reverse scale. Once you've touched it, consider yourself done for."

"Haha, it still doesn't feel real, but honestly, fighting a dragon sounds easier on the nerves."

Well, I know about three dragons, and two of them I've beaten into being my underlings, so…